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Job Description
Position Overview
The Associate Director, New Products plays a key role within our company Global Vaccines and Infectious Disease (GVID) organization, with responsibility spanning in-market brand leadership and pipeline commercial strategy.
This individual will serve as the Commercial Lead for our global Ebola vaccine, leading global commercial strategy and execution and partnering across the organization to maximize the product’s public health impact. Responsibilities include brand planning, forecasting, investment and budget management, supply planning, global health partnerships, as well as engagement with external organizations including customers, governments and public health organization.
In parallel, the Associate Director will serve as Commercial Lead for multiple early-stage vaccine and infectious disease programs. The role will shape commercial strategy throughout development, including target product profiles, priority indications and populations, market opportunity assessments, positioning, forecasting, and evidence requirements. The individual will also partner with Research and Business Development to evaluate new targets, external partnerships, and potential acquisitions.
This is a highly cross-functional role requiring the ability to translate complex scientific, commercial, operational, and external-partner considerations into clear strategies and decisions. The successful candidate will be comfortable both setting strategy and owning execution, operating effectively in ambiguous environments and influencing stakeholders across functions and geographies.
Reporting to the Director of Pipeline Strategy, this role provides broad exposure across Global Vaccines and Infectious Disease and the opportunity to shape both an established global-health brand and our company future portfolio.
Primary Responsibilities:
Global Commercial Leadership
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Brand Strategy, Business Acumen, Commercial Acumen, Communication Strategy Development, Cross-Functional Leadership, Customer-Focused, Global Product Strategy, Marketing Analytics, Pharmaceutical Sales Marketing, Pipeline Strategy, Production Strategy, Product Management, Product Management LeadershipPreferred Skills:
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USA - Pennsylvania - North Wales (Upper Gwynedd)Where required by law, the compensation range for this role is provided below.
The salary range for the primary location of this role is:
$142,400.00 - $224,100.00This range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation of the base salary applicable to this role at the time of posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
Additional location(s): Please note the salary range above applies to the Primary Location of the position. Where a role has other listed locations, different compensation guidelines may apply. You may find the salary ranges for additional locations below. If the salary range is not listed for the location you are applying to, our Talent Acquisition team will provide further information to you relevant to your location.
Additional location(s) Compensation Information:
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